Photosynthesis-irradiance relationship of phytoplankton and primary production in the vicinity of Kuroshio warm core ring in spring     

Ken Furuya  Osamu Hasegawa  Takashi Yoshikawa  Satoru Taguchi 《Journal of Oceanography》1998,54(5):545-552

The light-saturated maximum value (P ^B _max) and initial slope (α) of the photosynthesis-irradiance (P-E) curve were examined in a warm streamer, a cold streamer and a warm core ring off the Sanriku area in the subarctic western North Pacific Ocean during an ADEOS/OCTS Sanriku field campaign in early May 1997. BothP ^B _max and α were within the ranges of temperate populations. A regional difference was apparent inP ^B _max: populations in the warm streamer tended to show higher value ranging between 1.92 and 4.74 mgC (mgChla)⁻¹h⁻¹ than those in the cold streamer and the warm core ring (1.35–2.87 mgC (mgChla)⁻¹h⁻¹). A depth variation was also observed in α in both the warm streamer and the warm core ring: shallow populations tended to have lower α than deep populations. The depth variations in bothP ^B _max and α resulted in a lower light intensity of the light saturation in a deeper population than that of a shallower one. These depth-related variations in the P-E parameters were likely a manifestation of “shade-adaptation” of photosynthesis. Photoinhibition was not observed over in situ surface light intensity varying below ca 1600 μmol photon m⁻²s⁻¹. Water-column primary productivity was biooptically estimated to be 233 to 949 mgC m⁻²d⁻¹ using vertical distributions of the P-E parameters, chlorophylla, phytoplankton light absorption and underwater irradiance. Applicability of surface data sets for estimation of water-column productivity is discussed.  相似文献   

Estimation of insolation over the Pacific Ocean off the Sanriku coast     

Hiroshi Kawamura  Shuichi Tanahashi  Tomoyuki Takahashi 《Journal of Oceanography》1998,54(5):457-464

Surface solar radiation over the Pacific Ocean off the Sanriku coast has been estimated using Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer data supplied by the Geostationary Meteorological Satellite 5 for September, 1996 to June, 1997, when the Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner was functioning. The hourly and daily insolation is estimated with a spatial resolution of 0.01-degree grid. Thein situ surface short wave radiation obtained by the research vessel,Kofu-Maru belonging to the Japan Meteorological Agency is used for validation of the estimated insolation. It is shown that the estimated hourly and daily insolation has an rms (root mean square) error of 17.05% and 8.13%, respectively, which are the ratios between the rms error (W/m²) and the mean insolation (W/m²).  相似文献   

重矿物分析识别浊积体的沉积作用——日本中部Niigata弧后含油盆地新第三纪     

Tokuh.  S Agyi.  CM 《地学前缘》2000,7(3):177-201

沉积于中中新世到上新世的浊积砂体是第三纪Ｎｉｉｇａｔａ弧后盆地的主要油气储层之一,该盆地是日本列岛最富产石油的盆地。我们对这些浊积体的重矿物进行了详细和系统地分析,首先,作者展示了将重矿物分析和沉积作用分析相结合,从而得出有关沉积过程的全新观点的实例,沿着位于盆地东缘的世早期的浊积砂岩体的垂向和横向取样分析表明,砂全东半部重矿物的成分和西半部重矿物的成分不同。重矿物和沉积分析结果表明,发育在东半部的浅海陆架浊积砂岩和发育在西半部的深海水下浊积全在上新世早期是相互叠置的。其次,作者检验了用重矿物成分作为指标来表征某个特定浊积体的有效性,为此目的选重位于Ｎｉｉｇａｔａ盆地中部的许多浊积砂岩分析研究,得出以下结论。（１）基于主要重的,比如蛋白石、普通角闪石、紫苏辉石和普通辉石的定量综合分析,至少可将研究区的浊砂岩划分  相似文献   

重矿物分析识别浊积体的沉积作用——日本中部Niigata弧后含油盆地新第三纪浊积砂岩实例研究(英文)     

Shuichi Tokuhashi  Christopher M. Agyingi 《地学前缘》2000,7(3)

沉积于中中新世到上新世的浊积砂体是第三纪Niigata弧后盆地的主要油气储层之一 ,该盆地是日本列岛最富产石油的盆地。我们对这些浊积砂体的重矿物进行了详细和系统地分析。首先 ,作者展示了将重矿物分析和沉积作用分析相结合 ,从而得出有关沉积过程的全新观点的实例。沿着位于盆地东缘的上新世早期的浊积砂岩体的垂向和横向取样分析表明 ,砂体东半部重矿物的成分和西半部重矿物的成分不同。重矿物和沉积分析结果表明 ,发育在东半部的浅海陆架浊积砂岩和发育在西半部的深海水下浊积体在上新世早期是相互叠置的。其次 ,作者检验了用重矿物成分作为指标来表征某个特定浊积体的有效性。为此目的特选重位于Ni igata盆地中部的许多浊积砂岩分析研究 ,得出以下结论。 ( 1)基于主要重矿物 ,比如蛋白石、普通角闪石、紫苏辉石和普通辉石的定量综合分析 ,至少可将研究区的浊积砂岩划分为 6种类型 ;( 2 )一个组或段的浊积砂岩包括一种类型或紧密相关的两种类型 ;( 3)研究区不同的组或段通常由不同的重矿物组成构成 ,不同的物源或相同物源下不同的地质事件 (例如火山活动开始期 )可能是这种差异的原因。重矿物分析不仅可作为有价值的常规手段估计物源方向 ,而且可同其他的沉积资料结合来解析沉积过程 ,估计几个相邻  相似文献   

Large-scale structure of galaxies in the Ophiuchus region     

Takashi Hasegawa  †  Ken-ichi Wakamatsu  ‡  Matthew Malkan  ‡  Kazuhiro Sekiguchi  John W. Menzies  Quentin A. Parker  Jun Jugaku  Hiroshi Karoji  Sadanori Okamura 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2000,316(2):326-344

The large-scale structure around the Ophiuchus cluster of galaxies in the vicinity of the Galactic Centre ( l =05, b =95, cz =8500 km s⁻¹) is investigated on the basis of a galaxy survey and spectroscopic observations made for a 12°×17° area. The galaxy survey was performed using six ESO/SERC Sky Survey Atlas films, and 4021 galaxies were detected in total. Recession velocities were newly obtained for 179 galaxies to make the total number of galaxies in the survey area with known velocities 219.
In the distribution of bright galaxies, we identified seven new clumps of galaxies. Comparing the surface number density of bright galaxies with the Galactic extinction, which is estimated from the 100‐μm flux density in the IRAS Sky Survey Atlas, we demonstrate that the seven clumps are not spurious as a result of the inhomogeneity of the Galactic extinction. Among the seven clumps, two are found to be clusters and four to be groups on the basis of the histogram of recession velocities and the number of member galaxies. The Ophiuchus cluster, two newly identified clusters, and four groups are all concentrated at 9000 km s⁻¹. Field galaxies are also distributed centred at 8500 km s⁻¹. Hence field galaxies occupy a common three-dimensional region with galaxies in the clusters and groups, and altogether they form a large-scale structure of supercluster size. As opposed to the overdensity in the supercluster region, the mean number density of galaxies in the velocity range 0–5000 km s⁻¹ is only 25 per cent of the mean number density of the Universe, comparable with the density of the well-known Böotes void. Hence this nearby three-dimensional region in Ophiuchus is a void of galaxies also.  相似文献   

Depositional ages and characteristics of Middle–Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous lacustrine deposits in southeastern Mongolia          下载免费PDF全文

Hitoshi Hasegawa  Hisao Ando  Noriko Hasebe  Niiden Ichinnorov  Tohru Ohta  Takashi Hasegawa  Masanobu Yamamoto  Gang Li  Bat‐Orshikh Erdenetsogt  Ulrich Heimhofer  Takayuki Murata  Hironori Shinya  G. Enerel  G. Oyunjargal  O. Munkhtsetseg  Noriyuki Suzuki  Tomohisa Irino  Koshi Yamamoto 《Island Arc》2018,27(3)

Lower Cretaceous lacustrine oil shales are widely distributed in southeastern Mongolia. Due to the high organic carbon content of oil shale, many geochemical studies and petroleum exploration have been conducted. Although most of the oil shales are considered to be Early Cretaceous in age, a recent study reveals that some were deposited in the Middle Jurassic. The present study aims at establishing depositional ages and characteristics of the Jurassic and Cretaceous lacustrine deposits in Mongolia. The Lower Cretaceous Shinekhudag Formation is about 250 m thick and composed of alternating beds of shale and dolomite. The Middle Jurassic Eedemt Formation is about 150 m thick and composed of alternating beds of shale, dolomitic marl, and siltstone. The alternations of shale and dolomite in both formations were formed by lake level changes, reflecting precipitation changes. Shales were deposited in the center of a deep lake during highstand, while dolomites were formed by primary precipitation during lowstand. Based on the radiometric age dating, the Shinekhudag Formation was deposited between 123.8 ±2.0 Ma and 118.5 ±0.9 Ma of the early Aptian. The Eedemt Formation was deposited at around 165–158 Ma of Callovian–Oxfordian. The calculated sedimentation rate of the Shinekhudag Formation is between 4.7 ±2.6 cm/ky and 10.0 ±7.6 cm/ky. Shales in the Shinekhudag Formation show micrometer‐scale lamination, consisting of algal organic matter and detrital clay mineral couplets. Given the average thickness of micro‐laminae and calculated sedimentation rate, the micro‐lamination is most likely of varve origin. Both Middle–Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous lacustrine oil shales were deposited in intracontinental basins in the paleo‐Asian continent. Tectonic processes and basin evolution basically controlled the deposition of these oil shales. In addition, enhanced precipitation under humid climate during the early Aptian and the Callovian–Oxfordian was another key factor inducing the widespread oil shale deposition in Mongolia.  相似文献   

A new approach for estimating seismic damage of buried water supply pipelines          下载免费PDF全文

H. Sakai  N. Pulido  K. Hasegawa  Y. Kuwata 《地震工程与结构动力学》2017,46(9):1531-1548

Conventional damage prediction methods for lifeline structures are primarily based on peak ground motion measurements. However, line structures such as lifelines suffer damage that is mainly induced by the strain of the ground and therefore are likely to be vulnerable to sharp spatial changes in the ground motion. In this study, we propose a measure for evaluating the damage incurred by underground water supply pipelines based on the spatial gradient of the peak ground velocity (PGV), in an attempt to quantify the effects of the geospatial variabilities in the ground motion on pipeline damage. We investigated the spatial distribution of the damage caused to water pipelines during the Niigata‐ken Chuetsu earthquake on October 10, 2004 (Japan Meteorological Agency magnitude (M_JMA) of 6.8) and the Kobe earthquake on January 17, 1995 (M_JMA7.3) and compared the surveyed damage with the PGV distribution as well as with the gradients of the PGV calculated around the damage areas. For the Kobe earthquake, we used the PGV distribution obtained by the strong‐motion simulation performed by Matsushima and Kawase 1 . In case of the Chuetsu earthquake, we estimated the ground motion using a broadband‐frequency‐based strong‐ground‐motion simulation method based on a multiasperity source model. In both cases, we calculated the gradients of the PGV along the geographical coordinates, with the amplitude of the PGV gradient vector being employed as the damage estimator. Our results show that the distribution of damage to underground water supply pipelines exhibits a greater correlation with the gradients of the PGV than with the PGV itself. Thus, the gradient of the PGV is a useful index for preparing initial‐screening hazard maps of underground facilities. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Surface current structure of the Tsushima Warm Current region in the Japan Sea derived by satellite-tracked surface drifters     

Tatsuro Watanabe  Daisuke Simizu  Kou Nishiuchi  Toru Hasegawa  Osamu Katoh 《Journal of Oceanography》2009,65(6):791-801

We examined the surface current structure in the Tsushima Warm Current (TWC) region of the Japan Sea based on a dataset from satellite-tracked surface drifters, including our new deployments during 2004–2008. The gridded mean current velocity and mean kinetic energy (KE) fields calculated from all available drifter data revealed the structure and seasonality of the three branches of the TWC. By comparing the eddy kinetic energy (EKE) field to the KE field, we found four regions where the ratio of EKE to KE was high. In particular, this ratio became extremely high east of the Oki Islands located between the first branch of the TWC (FBTWC) and the second branch of the TWC (SBTWC). Our analysis suggests that the generation of alternate warm and cold eddies east of the Oki Island induced this high ratio. The occurrence of a warm or cold eddy was related to the route—either nearshore or offshore—of the SBTWC. When the offshore route of the SBTWC became dominant, a warm eddy was frequently generated east of the Oki Islands. In contrast, when the nearshore route of the SBTWC became dominant, a cold eddy was more likely to be generated.  相似文献   

Temporal and spatial variations of radiocarbon in Japan Sea bottom water     

Yuichiro Kumamoto  Takafumi Aramaki  Shuichi Watanabe  Minoru Yoneda  Yasuyuki Shibata  Orihiko Togawa  Masatoshi Morita  Kiminori Shitashima 《Journal of Oceanography》2008,64(3):429-441

In 1995 and 2000, the radiocarbon ratio (Δ¹⁴C) of total dissolved inorganic carbon was measured in the Japan Sea where deep and bottom waters are formed within the sea itself. We found that (1) since 1979, the Δ¹⁴C in bottom water below about 2000-m depth in the western Japan Basin (WJB) had increased by about 30‰ by 1995, and (2) the bottom Δ¹⁴C in the WJB did not change between 1995 and 2000. The former finding was due to penetration of surface bomb-produced radiocarbon into the bottom water owing to bottom ventilation, whereas the latter was caused by stagnation of the bottom ventilation there. In the eastern Japan Basin (EJB), the bottom Δ¹⁴C also increased by about 30‰ between 1979 and 2002. Recent stagnation of the bottom ventilation in the EJB is also suggested from analyses of constant bomb-produced tritium between 1984 and 1999. The temporal variations of Δ¹⁴C, tritium, and dissolved oxygen in the bottom waters indicate that: (1) new bottom water is formed south of Vladivostok in the WJB only in severe winters; and (2) the new bottom water then follows the path of a cyclonic abyssal circulation of the Japan Sea, which results in the increases in dissolved oxygen and the transient tracers in the bottom waters in the EJB and Yamato Basin with an approximate 3-to 6-year time lag. This process is consistent with the spatial variations of Δ¹⁴C, bomb-produced ¹³⁷Cs, and chlorofluorocarbon-11 in the bottom waters of the Japan Sea.  相似文献   

Upper ocean heat content and atmospheric anomaly fields in the off-equatorial North Pacific related to ENSO   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

Takuya Hasegawa  Kimio Hanawa 《Journal of Oceanography》2007,63(4):561-572

We have investigated interannual-scale variations of oceanic and atmospheric anomaly fields, such as upper ocean heat content (OHC), sea surface temperature (SST), latent heat flux (LHF) through the sea surface, sea level pressure (SLP) and wind stress curl (WSC) in the tropical Pacific and their relationships to El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. The results reported here show that the OHC and SST anomalies are almost in phase and lead LHF anomalies in the western tropical Pacific (WTP) region, which are preferable to the generation of subsequent atmospheric anomalies in the WTP. We also describe linear relationships between the amplitudes of these variables in the WTP. In addition, the results show that the both WSC and LHF anomalies are in phase with the temporal trend of OHC anomalies in the WTP, and suggest a combined effect of the local WSC and LHF anomaly in the WTP and ENSO-related, off-equatorial, westward propagating OHC anomaly to generate a large OHC anomaly in the WTP. In contrast to the WTP, OHC and SST anomalies are not in phase to the east of the WTP. The results also indicate that OHC anomalies in the WTP have a potential effect on the generation of an equatorial OHC anomaly via both a reflection of waves at the western boundary and atmospheric variations, which force the enhancement of western equatorial OHC anomaly. Therefore, the WTP is a key region where ENSO events are significantly modulated, and OHC anomalies in the WTP play an important role in the subsequent ENSO event.  相似文献